Rib-tip holder for umbrellas or parasols



(No Model.)

H. SOUDDBR. RIB TIP HOLDER POE UMBRELLAS 0R PARASOLS. No. 572,833 Patented-Dec. 8, 1896.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,833, dated December 8, 1896.

Application filed February 14, 1896. Serial No. 579,226. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HEYWARD SCUDDER, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Rib-Tip Holder for Umbrellas and Parasols, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of this invention is to provide a superior device for removably holding the umbrella-ribs against the stick or handle thereof, whereby the ribs are prevented from needless play about the stick and the umbrella made neat in appearance. This end I attain by means which include a pin or pivot having an enlarged portion or head at its outer end, said enlarged portion or head being split and received by an eye formed on a clamping-section, said eye operating to compress the split portion of the head or enlarged portion, so as to effect a continual frictional engagement between the two parts.

The invention will be fully described hereinafter and finally embodied in the claim.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference inclicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of the invention, showing it applied to an umbrella. Fig. 2 is a similar view, the view looking toward a different side of the device. Fig. 3 is asectional plan on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig.4: is a fragmentary view of the umbrella-stick having the clamping-sections thereon and raised to release the ribs, and Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the construction of the pin or pivot.

The umbrella-stick A and ribs B may in every case be of the usual construction. Driven into the umbrella-stick and at diam-etrically opposite points thereon are the pins 10, each of which has an enlarged portion 10, forming a head or drum, and split, as the drawings show, to produce two spring-sections, the head or drum being flanged at its outer end to hold the cooperating parts in place.

The clamping-sections A and A each co1nprise a curved body portion 11, capable of engaging the tips of the ribs, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and from the respective terminals of the body portions 11 the arms 12 arise. The arms 12 terminate in eyes 13, which receive the respective heads or enlargements of the pins 10, and in so doing serve to compress the split portion of the heads or enlargements, whereby the above-described frictional contact is established and maintained. It will be observed that this frictional engagement is continuously applied and is the same at every stage of the operation.

The drawings,particularly Fig. 5, show that the enlargement or heads 10 of the pins 10 produce abrupt shoulders at their inner ends, and these shoulders serve to engage the umbrella-stick and prevent an excessive driving inward of the pin.

WVith an umbrella so equipped the ribs B may be securely held against the stick A, as seen in the drawings, and when it is desired to release the ribs the clamping-sections A and A may be raised, as shown in Fig. 4., whereby the ribs will be released. The clamping-sections may then be returned to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, so that they.

will lie snugly against the stick and not occupy an awkward 0r cumbersome position.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent An umbrella having a pin secured to the stick thereof, the pin having a slotted portion forming a spring part, and a clamping section having an eye cooperating with said slotted portion of the pin and movable thereon, the eye being capable of pressing the said spring part against its spring tendency whereby a continual frictional contact is established between the eye and pin, substantially as described.

HEYW'ARD SCUDDER.

Witnesses:

EMMA WILLARD SCUDDER, EDWARD M. Sermons. 

